Cittadella Masterplan – Heritage Management that is both Sensitive and Innovative
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar welcomes the MEPA Board’s approval of the permits for the Cittadella Masterplan and Visitors’ Centre, dealing with the restoration, upgrading and rehabilitation of Gozo’s unique citadel. The...
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Mgarr Petrol Station – ENGOs Question MEPA’s Environmental Credibilty
The eNGOs Ramblers Association, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Malta Organic Agriculture Movement and Friends of the Earth (Malta) are publicly calling for the immediate rescinding of the full development permit recently granted by the MEPA...
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Petrol Station to be Approved in Mġarr Countryside
Yet again the MEPA Board is being recommended to approve an application which will relieve one area of an eyesore and health hazard, and inflict it on an area marked as Out of Development Zone. The application to shift the existing...
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NGOs Back MEPA EPD Refusal of Ħondoq Project
Moviment Harsien Hondoq, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar and Ramblers Association of Malta welcome the MEPA Environment Protection Directorate (EPD) recommendation of a refusal of the Hondoq project application. The EPD report states that...
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Ramla l-Ħamra Appeal Refused
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) and the Gozitan NGO Save Ramla welcome the MEPA Appeals Tribunal’s refusal of the Appeal on the Ramla l-Hamra project to build a complex of 23 villas with pools on the slopes of the Ramla hillside. This...
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Clarification on Wardija broiler farm
FAA clarifies its previous press release regarding the broiler unit at the Wardija Natura 2000 site. While MEPA permit PA5784/08 related to the erection of a manure clamp, cesspits and the sanctioning of a hut, the contested issue was the...
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ODZ Still Under Threat
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar welcomes recent positive results at MEPA but asks how much longer MEPA and NGO resources are to be wasted processing abusive applications. MEPA’s EPC board has recently refused a permit to build a house at the...
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The impact of over-development on our health and economy
The Impact of Over-Development on our Health and Economy Residents of many Maltese towns, especially Attard, Marsascala, Qawra Sliema, Swieqi and Xemxija, are finding that their once-peaceful neighbourhoods are turning into concrete jungles....
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Villa Bonici – Sliema – 28/05/2011
Following MEPA’s publication of the proposal to convert Villa Bonici in Sliema into a home for the elderly, Sliema Residents Association, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, NatureTrust Malta and BirdLife Malta call on the authorities to schedule the...
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